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Piedmont, Sunk in 1795
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
Bolivia |
| Item Description: |
2R 1668P E BOLIVIA PIEDMONT CB-6906 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC GENUINE |
| Owner: |
jim hawkins |
Owner Comments:
Piedmont / Lyme Bay Treasure - 2 Reales Bolivia.. One of a huge fleet of 300 ships on their way to the West Indies to suppress a French uprising, the Piedmont was forced into Lyme Bay during a hurricane on November 18, 1795, that scattered and sank the ships of the fleet all along the Dorset coast.